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2021 26 April
29

Escalating conflict in northern Mozambique pushes thousands into hunger

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province is in the grips of a spiralling crisis as thousands of people flee their homes amidst violence, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). “People have scattered in many different directions since the recent attacks in Palma, Cabo Delgado Province. Survivors...

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2021 20 April
2

The UN FSS opened the floor: more than 1,200 ideas and propositions to transform food systems

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 1

UN Food Systems Summit opened the floor to governments, farmers, youth, women and indigenous groups, scientists and civil society to uncover innovations to transform food systems. The UN Food Systems Summit has surfaced more than 1,200 ideas and propositions to transform food systems in just six...

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2021 19 April
3

New handbook provides parliamentarians practical guidance on transforming food systems and improving nutrition

David Martin   |   Parliamentarians, SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Aimed at providing lawmakers with practical guidance on legislative processes that prioritize nutrition, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today published a new Handbook for Parliamentarians, titled Food Systems and Nutrition. The online handbook was...

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2021 07 April
1

The DRC, home to the highest number of people in urgent need of food security assistance in the world

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the food security situation remains dire with one in three people – a record high - suffering from acute hunger, two United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned....

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2021 02 April
8

Improve nutrition in the Central Sahel by strengthening local food systems

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union (EU) announced that they are partnering in an 18-month project to improve the production, availability and consumption of nutritious foods to prevent malnutrition among women and children in Africa’s Central Sahel region comprising Burkina...

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2021 25 March
15

Call for urgent and at-scale action to avert rising hunger and risk of famine in over 20 countries

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today. Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria top the...

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2021 24 March
4

Disruptions in health services due to COVID-19 may have contributed to additional child and maternal deaths in South Asia

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Drastic cuts in the availability and use of essential public health services across South Asia due to COVID-19 may have contributed to an estimated 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, according to a new United Nations report. Around 11,000 additional maternal deaths are also expected. Clinics and...

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2021 23 March
0

UN launches humanitarian response plan as hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

As hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan due to a combination of violence, climate change and COVID-19, the 2021 South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan was launched on Tuesday aiming to reach 6.6 million people – including 350,000 refugees - with life-saving assistance and protection. The plan asks...

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